Synopsis
For the first time in his life, Daniel Blake, a fifty-nine-year-old British carpenter, is obliged to apply for welfare after suffering heart problems. Although his doctor has put him on sick leave and told him he mustn't work, he is obliged to go job-hunting or else he'll be penalized. During his regular meetings at the job center, Daniel crosses paths with Rachel, a single mother with two children, who has been obliged to accept accommodation 280 miles from her home town to avoid having to stay in a hostel. Both caught up in the administrative absurdities of Britain today, Daniel and Rachel will try to help each other.
Credits
Director (1)
Actors (4)
Production and distribution (4)
- Co-productions : Why Not Productions, Goodfellas
- Foreign production companies : Sixteen Films, BBC Films
- Film exports/foreign sales : Goodfellas
- French distribution : Le Pacte
Full credits (11)
- Screenwriter : Paul Laverty
- Director of Photography : Robbie Ryan
- Music Composer : George Fenton
- Editor : Jonathan Morris
- Sound recordists : Ray Beckett, Kevin Brazier
- Costume designer : Joanne Slater
- Foreign producer : Eimhear Mcmahon
- Co-producers : Pascal Caucheteux, Grégoire Sorlat, Vincent Maraval
- Press Attaché (film) : Laurence Granec
- Production Designers : Fergus Clegg, Linda Wilson
- Casting : Kahleen Crawford
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Technical details
- Type : Feature film
- Genres : Fiction
- Sub-genre : Drama
- Production language : English
- Coproducer countries : Great Britain, France, Belgium
- Original French-language productions : No